Published: Monday, August 18, 2014 at 4:40 p.m.

Last Modified: Monday, August 18, 2014 at 4:40 p.m.

Holley, a five-star prospect from Brooklyn, N.Y., had a sports hernia in high school and the injury did not heal properly from that surgery.

“This is all coming from high school,” Muschamp said. “This is a situation with his hip. He had a sports hernia in high school, had it repaired before he came here. We thought that's where his discomfort was.

“On the initial physical, we found a labral tear in his hip, an impingement in his hip. So they're going to repair the labral tear and shave the bone. So he'll redshirt this year. But, again, he just had some discomfort in running and changing direction.

“Our medical people did an outstanding job of finding it. Something that happened in high school and we got it taken care of. That's it.”

Holley will miss the 2014 season and will have four years of eligibility remaining. He had expected to contend for possible playing time this season.

“I believe (the medical staff) told me it was a four-month recovery for it,” Muschamp said. “I’m disappointed for Thomas. Certainly, a guy that athletically we were very excited about.

“We wanted to see how far we could take it, but we knew eventually there was probably going to be a surgery involved. He just had a lot of discomfort involved, so we just decided to go ahead and do it."

Injury update

Nickel defensive back Marcus Maye is expected to miss practice the rest of this week with a strained hamstring.

“We probably won’t get him back until Monday,” Muschamp said. “It was a pretty good strain there.”

True freshman offensive tackle David Sharpe, who sustained a high ankle sprain in last Friday’s scrimmage, likely will not practice this week.

“I think it would be probably safe to say Monday of next week with the ankle,” Muschamp said. “It was a pretty good roll-up there, but he is walking on it, so that’s good.”

Worton headed for PT?

It’s looking more and more like true freshman C.J. Worton is working his way into the playing rotation at wide receiver.

“C.J. Worton is going to be a good player for us,” Muschamp said. “He makes a lot of plays inside. He's a guy that's going to continue to learn the offense. He's really quick-footed guy. He can stick his foot in the ground and change direction. He's got the guts to go across the middle and make plays, as do Latroy (Pittman) and Valdez (Showers).”

RBs catching on

In the new offense, the tailbacks are going to be asked to catch the ball coming out of the backfield, so they’ve been working a lot on their hands.

“Two guys are natural with their hands, and that's Matt Jones and Brandon Powell,” he said. “Those guys have natural ability to catch the ball. Both showed up in high school.

“Matt, at Armwood, they got in empty a lot and he played the No. 3 slot and they would run the bubble QB stuff, when Alvin (Bailey) was playing quarterback. He's always been a natural catcher.

“But Mack Brown and Kelvin (Taylor) have worked on it. Adam Lane, all those guys have worked on their hands. Mark Herndon catches the ball well. There's no question that will be a huge part of what we do."

Gators deep up front

Muschamp said it’s a misnomer that Florida lacks depth on both lines of scrimmage.

“You know, I think I’ve been misquoted somehow. We don’t have depth issues on the offensive and defensive line,” Muschamp said. “We have depth that doesn’t have experience on the offensive and defensive line. We have good depth. We’ve got 15 scholarship offensive linemen. We’ve got 16 scholarship defensive linemen.

“We have very good depth. We have some guys that haven’t played a lot.”

Muschamp said young defensive linemen Alex McCalister, Jay-nard Bostwick, Joey Ivie and Caleb Brantley have all made encouraging progress and will be in the playing rotation.

On the offensive line, Muschamp said the Gators now have at least nine players he feels comfortable with, up from six or seven at the start of camp.

“Drew Sarvary has done a good job at center,” Muschamp said. “He’s been a guy we’ve been very pleased with. Trip (Thurman) is back practicing, with Rod (Johnson) in there at tackle. Inside, you’re looking at Max (Garcia), Trip, Tyler (Moore) and Trenton Brown. Now Drew can be a fifth guy and Antonio Riles continues to come along (at guard).

“In terms of outside, you look at Chaz (Green), D.J. (Humphries) and Rod. Trenton obviously is a guy who can slide into an outside slot. And then you get David Sharpe back. You’re looking at nine guys you feel good about.”

Gators take in a movie

The Gators got a break from the camp grind by going to a movie Sunday. They saw “Hercules.”

“I don’t want to do my Siskel and Ebert, but I guess it was entertaining,” Muschamp said.

He said the movie was good for further team bonding.

“This group gets along,” he said. “The one thing that you notice very quickly, they get along well. They practice extremely well together. They get after each other. They compete hard. But they also know how to practice the right way. There’s a fine line there.

“But I’ve been extremely pleased with the locker room and how those things have progressed very well, in my opinion. So we’ll continue to do some things, as far as the team building and having some outside speakers come in and address them. It’s been good.”

<p>Freshman defensive tackle Thomas Holley underwent surgery on his hip Monday and will redshirt this season, UF coach Will Muschamp said.</p><p>Holley, a five-star prospect from Brooklyn, N.Y., had a sports hernia in high school and the injury did not heal properly from that surgery.</p><p>“This is all coming from high school,” Muschamp said. “This is a situation with his hip. He had a sports hernia in high school, had it repaired before he came here. We thought that's where his discomfort was.</p><p>“On the initial physical, we found a labral tear in his hip, an impingement in his hip. So they're going to repair the labral tear and shave the bone. So he'll redshirt this year. But, again, he just had some discomfort in running and changing direction.</p><p>“Our medical people did an outstanding job of finding it. Something that happened in high school and we got it taken care of. That's it.”</p><p>Holley will miss the 2014 season and will have four years of eligibility remaining. He had expected to contend for possible playing time this season.</p><p>“I believe (the medical staff) told me it was a four-month recovery for it,” Muschamp said. “I'm disappointed for Thomas. Certainly, a guy that athletically we were very excited about.</p><p>“We wanted to see how far we could take it, but we knew eventually there was probably going to be a surgery involved. He just had a lot of discomfort involved, so we just decided to go ahead and do it."</p><p> </p><p><b>Injury update</b></p><p>Nickel defensive back Marcus Maye is expected to miss practice the rest of this week with a strained hamstring.</p><p>“We probably won't get him back until Monday,” Muschamp said. “It was a pretty good strain there.”</p><p>Offensive guard/tackle Trenton Brown (foot contusion) could return to practice today, Muschamp said.</p><p>True freshman offensive tackle David Sharpe, who sustained a high ankle sprain in last Friday's scrimmage, likely will not practice this week.</p><p> “I think it would be probably safe to say Monday of next week with the ankle,” Muschamp said. “It was a pretty good roll-up there, but he is walking on it, so that's good.”</p><p> </p><p><b>Worton headed for PT?</b></p><p>It's looking more and more like true freshman C.J. Worton is working his way into the playing rotation at wide receiver.</p><p>“C.J. Worton is going to be a good player for us,” Muschamp said. “He makes a lot of plays inside. He's a guy that's going to continue to learn the offense. He's really quick-footed guy. He can stick his foot in the ground and change direction. He's got the guts to go across the middle and make plays, as do Latroy (Pittman) and Valdez (Showers).”</p><p> </p><p><b>RBs catching on</b></p><p>In the new offense, the tailbacks are going to be asked to catch the ball coming out of the backfield, so they've been working a lot on their hands.</p><p> “Two guys are natural with their hands, and that's Matt Jones and Brandon Powell,” he said. “Those guys have natural ability to catch the ball. Both showed up in high school.</p><p>“Matt, at Armwood, they got in empty a lot and he played the No. 3 slot and they would run the bubble QB stuff, when Alvin (Bailey) was playing quarterback. He's always been a natural catcher.</p><p>“But Mack Brown and Kelvin (Taylor) have worked on it. Adam Lane, all those guys have worked on their hands. Mark Herndon catches the ball well. There's no question that will be a huge part of what we do."</p><p> </p><p><b>Gators deep up front</b></p><p>Muschamp said it's a misnomer that Florida lacks depth on both lines of scrimmage.</p><p>“You know, I think I've been misquoted somehow. We don't have depth issues on the offensive and defensive line,” Muschamp said. “We have depth that doesn't have experience on the offensive and defensive line. We have good depth. We've got 15 scholarship offensive linemen. We've got 16 scholarship defensive linemen.</p><p>“We have very good depth. We have some guys that haven't played a lot.”</p><p>Muschamp said young defensive linemen Alex McCalister, Jay-nard Bostwick, Joey Ivie and Caleb Brantley have all made encouraging progress and will be in the playing rotation.</p><p>On the offensive line, Muschamp said the Gators now have at least nine players he feels comfortable with, up from six or seven at the start of camp.</p><p>“Drew Sarvary has done a good job at center,” Muschamp said. “He's been a guy we've been very pleased with. Trip (Thurman) is back practicing, with Rod (Johnson) in there at tackle. Inside, you're looking at Max (Garcia), Trip, Tyler (Moore) and Trenton Brown. Now Drew can be a fifth guy and Antonio Riles continues to come along (at guard).</p><p>“In terms of outside, you look at Chaz (Green), D.J. (Humphries) and Rod. Trenton obviously is a guy who can slide into an outside slot. And then you get David Sharpe back. You're looking at nine guys you feel good about.”</p><p> </p><p><b>Gators take in a movie</b></p><p>The Gators got a break from the camp grind by going to a movie Sunday. They saw “Hercules.”</p><p>“I don't want to do my Siskel and Ebert, but I guess it was entertaining,” Muschamp said.</p><p>He said the movie was good for further team bonding.</p><p>“This group gets along,” he said. “The one thing that you notice very quickly, they get along well. They practice extremely well together. They get after each other. They compete hard. But they also know how to practice the right way. There's a fine line there.</p><p>“But I've been extremely pleased with the locker room and how those things have progressed very well, in my opinion. So we'll continue to do some things, as far as the team building and having some outside speakers come in and address them. It's been good.”</p>